The To-Do List

[waitingman]

Via SandyPaw, of whom I've previously said gets the best memes, one I couldn't resist...


Things I haven't done are in italics...

1. Started your own blog ~ No shit, Sherlock!
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii This isn't going to be one of those US-centric memes, is it?
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland Hmm... could be...
8. Climbed a mountain Mt Kosciuszko
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo At the Sydney Opera House, various churches & the occasional soundcheck
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch Guitar, photography & P'shopping
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables Do toadstools count? Carrots, pumpkins...
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill Doesn't everyone? Why waste a sick day feeling ill?!
24. Built a snow fort Never even built a snowman...
25. Held a lamb Just the leg of one
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset Have you seen my photos?!
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person Ah ~ back to the US...
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors Scotland, Germany... not yet
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language French, German, Latin, Phonetic
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied Does anyone?
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing Both going up & down
40. Seen Michelangelo's David Only plaster casts & t-shirts
41. Sung karaoke Some might say 'Too often'
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt Not even Rotorua
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant Only if I didn't want them to remain a stranger...
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance Police car, yes...
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing But I have spent a week on an ocean trawler, just not fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Centrepoint Tower??
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies Made from real Girl Scouts?
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving Want to, though...
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial How about the War Memorial in Canberra? I've been there!
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square How about Whitlam Square?
74. Toured the Everglades How about the Dandenongs?
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone Surprisingly not
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person How about Uluru?
80. Published a book Okay... okay! I'm working on it!
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible Got pretty bored in 'Numbers' though...
86. Visited the White House How about Kirribili House?
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby Wrong bits
95. Seen the Alamo in person How about Gallipoli?
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake How about Lake Eyre?
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day
101. Been in an automobile crash
102. Had stitches
103. Been bitten by an animal larger than a cat
104. Been assaulted
105. Assaulted someone
106. Got lost or stranded in the woods or desert long enough to worry about your well-being
107. Nearly drowned
108. Been elected to or appointed to a public office
109. Traveled to a foreign country alone
110. Shot a gun
111. Had any dental procedure more involved than getting a cavity filled
112. Chopped firewood
113. Saw a dead body in context, not in a casket
114. Undergone surgery
115. Performed surgery Only on guitars
116. Performed CPR on a person in need of resuscitation
117. Spent time in jail Does a holding cell count?
118. Piloted a plane
119. Ridden a horse
120. Ridden a horse bareback
121. Ridden an elephant
122. Kissed the Blarney Stone
123. Given your seat to someone in need of one
124. Took in a stray animal, for keeps
125. Ridden a unicycle see answer on 'broken bones'
126. Snowshoed
127. Learned more than one musical instrument Guitar, piano, flute, percussion, kazoo
128. Cooked something so good people offered to pay for it.
129. Had the lowest (or highest) score in a group for a purity test.

A life half-lived...

Comments

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

#10 - At the Opera House?? Do tell...

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

I used to be a choirboy... top dog boy soprano in 2 choirs, so got the solos. Don't tell anyone!